Documents
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"An American Seduction: Portrait of Prison Town" by by Joelle Fraser
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Description of the impacts of prisons on Susanville,CA
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"The Development of Last Resort": The
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This study uses 1990 and 2000 census data to examine the economic and demographic impact of new state prisons on small town economies compared to changes that occurred during the decade in all other small towns.
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"The Economic Impacts of the Prison Development Boom on Persistently Poor Places" by T.L. Farrington and A.K. Glasmeier.
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The paper examine the effects of state-run prisons, constructed in rural places between 1985 and 1995, on county earnings by employment sector, population, poverty rate, and degree of economic health.
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CPMP Meeting
Please join us each week to discuss ongoing projects, allied actions, our campaigns and other prison-industrial complex issues in and around the Valley – all are welcome!
1st Tuesdays - CURB Nite this is part of a monthly dialogue with a coalition of stakeholders and organizations throughout the state getting the update around prisons, legislature action, grassroots actions, and campus actions, communities. This is the only time we meet at Metro Ministries 1055 N. Van Ness Suite D ( bottom floor near midway) because they have a phone that we are able to dial in to CURBS tollfree conference call. Join us, everybody is welcomed
2nd Tuesdays -Campaign Nite, at Collective for Arts, Freedom and Ecology (C.A.F.E.) This is where we discuss local actions, updates and check in with each other on ideas, actions, visits and meetings in prison towns, prison town officials. 935 F St, off of Tulare St in Downtown Fresno's Chinatown.
3rd Tuesdays - Fundraisng Nite - at Collective for Arts, Freedom and Ecology (C.A.F.E.)Come help us plan the next fundraiser, if your an artist, great with computer design or just have some great ideas about how to raise money to fund more youth and community members to send to the next training / retreat / conference our efforts are on going, , or raise money to send someone to the social justice forum coming up next year....
4th Tuesday - Chill
